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CrossOver

CrossOver allows you to install many popular Windows applications and games on your Intel OS X Mac or Linux computer. Created by CodeWeavers Inc.

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There are many alternatives to CrossOver for Mac if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Mac alternative is Wine, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked 18 alternatives to CrossOver and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to CrossOver are PlayOnLinux (Free, Open Source), Proton (Free, Open Source), Parallels Desktop (Freemium) and Q4wine (Free, Open Source).

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Wine

Run Windows software on Linux and other supported systems in an advanced Windows runtime rather than emulation.

Free Open Source Mac Linux Android Android Tablet BSD
Run Windows software Emulation Compatibility layers Add a feature

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PlayOnLinux

PlayOnLinux (PlayOnMac at http://www.playonmac.com ) is a tool to help Linux (and Mac) users run games and programs for Windows on Linux (or Mac, FreeBSD), via the use...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Wine FreeBSD
Run Windows software Ad-free Add a feature

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Proton

Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on...

Free Open Source Mac Linux Steam
Run Windows software Add a feature

39 Like
Parallels Desktop

Parallels Desktop gives Mac users the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and their critical applications at the same time as Mac OS X on any...
- CrossOver emulates windows application layer. parallels creates a fully virtualised machine and requires Windows installation, like if it was a physical computer. Guest • Nov 2015 • 10 agrees and 0 disagrees
- This is a virtualization tool, not a compatibility layer Guest • Feb 2019 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac
Operating system Run Windows software Virtualization Add a feature

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Q4wine

Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Wine
Windows Explorer extension Add a feature

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WineBottler

WineBottler is an App to manage and wrap your Windows apps into convenient OS X apps. WineBottler helps you with running Windows programs on OS X. It helps you to: ...
- It's much more complicated than Crossover. CrossOver is simple to use and WineBottler is much more complicated Guest • Jun 2017 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Wine
Compatibility layers Run in existing prefix Add a feature

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Pegasus

A cross platform, customizable graphical frontend for launching emulators and managing your game collection.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Raspberry Pi
Game launcher Add a feature

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Wineskin Winery

Wineskin is a tool used to make ports of Windows software to Mac OS X. The ports are in the form of normal Mac application bundle wrappers. It works like a wrapper...

Free Open Source Mac Wine
Run Windows software Add a feature

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Nostlan

Nostlan is a high quality front-end launcher for video game emulators! Available on Linux, macOS, and Windows!.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Emulation Game launcher Xbox Add a feature

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Karton

Run Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.

Free Open Source Mac Linux
Compatibility layers Add a feature

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